Manchester - Belfast

On July 3, 1938 at 12:00 AM, Manchester - Belfast experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide, operated by Railway Air Services, with the event recorded near Belfast-City Antrim.

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

On final approach to Belfast-City Airport, the twin engine aircraft went out of control and crashed in an open field short of runway. Both crew were killed. Crew: Alfred C. Larmuth, pilot, Reginald H. Vaughan, engineer.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AEBX, MSN 6328, year of manufacture 1936.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 54.5964°, -5.9302°.